Elementary School Teaching :

What is the best way for a 1st grade teacher to maximize an E.L. (English Learner) student's score on their district's test?

Monday, January 6, 2014

Senior Project: The Holiday





1.  Over break, I was not able to do my mentorship however, I did a lesson plan( tried to). I do my mentorship with Ms. De La Peña, who is a 1st grade teacher at Cortez Mathematics Science and Magnet school. Since my mentor does work at a school she was not teaching for two weeks and today because they will not start classes until tomorrow. In my lesson I decided to do it on math.


 

2. I learned how hard it is to create a lesson, even if I just did 1 subject alone. I based my lesson on what Ms. De La Peña told me one day about her students and what they were struggling on. She told me that her students were struggling in math, but how do get more carrots, your partner shares or gives you the "carrots" so you have more than you original had. 

 3. I think I would talk to Mrs. Alvarez or Mrs. Smith who are both 3rd grade teachers at Cortez but years prior were teaching 1st grade for several years. I would probably ask them what they think makes it easier or harder for E.L. students to do good on their district's test? I would also ask them if they believe that the DWA 's have any impact on students who are not and are E.L. students be it negative or positive, as the students take them every 2-4 months.  These 2 teachers have seen the impact of test scores rising and lowering, especially for E.L. students. They will be able to guide me on how practicing for the DWA's can better help or not, those E.L. students. 

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